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Hose falls from Marine plane onto home No one injured in incident at San Diego air show   At the Miramar Air Show held last weekend in the San Diego area an air refueling hose from a KC-130J fell to a rooftop with no reported injuries. WIVB posted this about the incident.   "SAN DIEGO (AP) - A 75-foot refueling hose fell from a large cargo plane that was part of an air show Saturday and landed on a house in a San Diego County neighborhood, according to military officials. No one was injur

Brazil says Project F-X2 Will Resume in November   Defence Talk — By Brazilian Ministry of Defence on October 8, 2010   BRASILIA: Defense Minister Nelson Jobim predicted that the process of choosing a vendor for the new fighter of the Brazilian Air Force (F-X2 program) will be resumed in November, after the conclusion of the presidential elections. According to Jobim, the President expressed his interest in discussing the case with his successor.   This information was given by the min

Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets in deal with US Defence Talk — By Agence France-Presse on October 8, 2010   WASHINGTON: Israel has signed a contract with the United States to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets, officials said after Washington offered "incentives" for the Jewish state to help sputtering peace talks.   The sale of the US-made Joint Strike Fighter will arm Israel with a more sophisticated combat aircraft than any nation in the Middle East, amid rising tensions with Iran and after

Russia successfully test fires long-range missile   Defence Talk — By Agence France-Presse on October 8, 2010 Moscow: Russia on Thursday successfully tested its new nuclear-capable Bulava intercontinental missile, the defence ministry said, its first successful firing for months after a series of embarrassing failures.   The missile was fired from the Dmitry Donskoi submarine in the White Sea in North European Russia and hit its target in the Kura firing area on the Kamchatka peninsul

(photo courtesy of NMUSAF)   Construction of new Air Force Museum building could start in 2012 BY: JOHN NOLAN , DAYTON DAILY NEWS 10/04/2010   WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Construction of a building to house the spacecraft collection and former presidential aircraft at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force could start in 2012 if fundraising stays on track, museum officials said Monday.   That 200,000-square-foot building would house a retired space shuttle, if the Air Force muse

Ukraine's Antonov aircraft producer to compete for multi-billion U.S. tanker tender RIA Novosti. Grigoriy Sisoev -- 04/10/2010   Ukraine's state-run Antonov aircraft producer will compete with U.S. aerospace giant Boeing and Europe's EADS in a multi-billion tender to supply almost 180 airborne refueling tankers to the United States Air Force (USAF), Antonov's President and General Designer Dmitry Kiva said on Monday. "We have not managed to officially register our participation, but the